SCRIPTURE & FOCUS – Week Of March 24, 2024 – March 30, 2024


FOCUS FOR THE MONTH
REVIVE, REFRESH, RENEW


SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. — Psalm 51:10 KJV

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.Psalm 51:10  ESV


Wednesday Corporate Fasting Scripture – Isaiah 58 (ESV); Isaiah 58 (KJV)

Friday End of Week Scripture – Ephesians 3:20-21 (KJV)


MEMBERS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION


Blessed Birthday Song by Minister Nadine Cager

ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPEN INVITATION FROM THE INTRODUCTION CLASS
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Open Invitation – Intercessory Prayer
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Young Adult Prayer Call (Age Group 18-35)
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***The English Standard Version (ESV) stands in the classic mainstream of English Bible translations over half-millennium. The fountainhead of that stream was William Tyndale’s New Testament of 1526; marking its course was the King James Version of 1611 (KJV), the English Revised Version of 1885 (RV), the American Standard Version of 1901 (ASV), the Revised Standard Version of 1952 and 1971 (RSV). Faithfulness to the text and vigorous pursuit of accuracy were combined with simplicity, beauty, and dignity of expression in that stream. Our goal has been to carry forward this legacy for a new century.

To this end, each word and phrase in the ESV has been carefully weighed against the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek to ensure the fullest accuracy and clarity and avoid under-translating or overlooking any nuance of the original text. The words and phrases grow out of the Tyndale-King James legacy and, most recently, out of the RSV, with the 1971 RSV text providing the starting point for our work. Archaic language has been brought to current usage, and significant corrections have been made in translating key texts. But throughout, our goal has been to retain the depth of meaning and enduring language that have made their indelible mark on the English-speaking world and have defined the life and doctrine of the church over the last four centuries.

The ESV is an “essentially literal” translation that seeks as far as possible to capture the precise wording of the original text and the personal style of each Bible writer. It seeks to be transparent to the original text, letting the reader see the structure and meaning of the original as directly as possible. More about the ESV translation philosophy….***


PRAISE & WORSHIP


Palm Sunday 2022 – Christian Music Worship Songs With Lyrics 2022 – Best Christian Gospel Songs Ever


DAILY DEVOTIONALS



Sunday, March 24, 2024RENAISSANCE IN JESUS – John 12:23-26

Our Daily Bread Focus(es):  Christ, person/work; Death; Eternal life

Reflect & Pray

How do you measure the value of your life? How might you need to change those values?

Dear Father, I can find meaning and purpose nowhere else but in You.

Renaissance in Jesus

Monday, March 25, 2024 LOVE GOD BY LOVING OTHERSMatthew 25:31-40
 
Daily Bread Focus(es): Serving
 
 
 Reflect & Pray

How might you serve Jesus in your community today? How can you love God by loving others in your path?

Loving God, please open my eyes to the needs of others around me so I can help meet them and love You better.

Love God by Loving Others

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 MISSING THE BASICSMatthew 22:23-33
 
Daily Bread Focus(es): Bible, study; Christ, person/work
 
 
 Reflect & Pray

How do you miss Scripture’s basics? How can you return to the basics . . . to Jesus?

Dear God, sometimes I get lost even amid good things. Please help me.

Missing the Basics

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 FRUITFUL BELIEVERS IN CHRISTMark 11:12-20
 
Daily Bread Focus(es): Community; Fruit of the Spirit; Spiritual growth
 

Reflect & Pray

What fruit do others see in you? How might you be more fruitful?

Holy Spirit, prune me so I might bear more fruit.

Fruitful Believers in Christ

Thursday, March 28, 2024 A NEW COMMAND TO LOVEJohn 13:3-5, 12-15, 31-35

Daily Bread Focus(es): Loving others; Serving

Scripture(s):  Leviticus 19:18; Mark 10:45

 Reflect & Pray

How have you observed or embodied servant leadership? In what ways could you “love one another” today?

My great Savior, what a gift of love You give! Thank You for being the ultimate Servant, laying down Your life for me.

A New Command to Love

Friday, March 29, 2024 JESUS, OUR SUBSTITUTE 1 Peter 3:13-18

Daily Bread Focus(es): Christ, death; Christ, resurrection; Forgiveness of sin; Salvation

 
 

 Reflect & Pray

How has Christ’s substitutionary death changed your life? What does it mean for you to have access to God and eternal life because of Jesus’ death on the cross?

Dear Jesus, thank You for dying in my place so that I might have access to God.

Learn more about having a personal relationship with God.

Jesus, Our Substitute

Saturday, March 30, 2024 THE PASSION OF CHRISTIsaiah 53:4-7, 10-12

Our Daily Bread Focus(es):  Christ, person/work; Christ, Savior/Messiah

Reflect & Pray

What aspect of Christ’s life most impacts you? How does His suffering affect you?

Precious Savior, it’s hard to express how grateful I am that You suffered, died, and rose again for me. Thank You.

For further study, read I Am the Way: The Amazing Claims of Jesus.

The Passion of Christ

THIS WEEK’S INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT BY SISTER CLOVIA



AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS

Our 40-day daily prayer challenge has brought us to Passion Week so we can stand at the foot of the Cross on Easter Sunday Morning.  The foot of the Cross is an indescribable place to stand.   It is the most significant exhibition of love ever seen. 

When I came to the Cross during the 40-day prayer challenge, I found refuge, hope, safety, and joy.  I surrendered my heart to Jesus and laid my burdens there.

At the foot of the Cross
There is healing.
At the foot of the Cross
There is mercy.
At the foot of the Cross
Power flows from sinless blood
Love pours into broken hearts
From the Perfect One
At the foot of the Cross
Covered by His sacrifice
The Son of God sets me free.
                                 Naomi Fata

My 40th Prayer:

Lord Jesus, I gather in spirit at the foot of the Cross with Your Mother and the Disciple whom you loved. I ask Your pardon for my sins, which caused Your death. 

Thank You for remembering me in that hour of salvation and giving me Mary as my mother. 

On this Easter Sunday Morning, I cast all my burdens upon You because I know You will sustain me and never the righteousness to be moved. — Amen



CHRISTIAN-BASED MOVIE OF THE MONTH



INSPIRING TRUE STORY! Edge of America FULL MOVIE High School Drama Girls Basketball (from YouTube)


***The Daily Devotionals are taken from Our Daily Bread Ministries and the Scriptures are from the BibleGateway.***

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